Dictionary Definition
correspond
Verb
1 be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide
in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check";
"The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" [syn:
match, fit, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disagree]
2 be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn:
equate]
3 exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I
have been corresponding for several years"
4 take the place of or be parallel or equivalent
to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h'
in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" [syn: represent, stand
for]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
Derived terms
Translations
To be equivalent or similar in character,
quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc
- Czech: odpovídat
- Finnish: vastata, olla vastaava
- German: entsprechen, korrespondieren
- Spanish: corresponder
To exchange messages, especially by postal
letter, over a period of time
- Finnish: olla kirjeenvaihdossa
- German: korrespondieren
- Spanish: escribir con
French
Verb
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accommodate, accommodate
with, accord, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affect, agree, agree with, align, amount to, answer, answer to, ape, appear like, appertain to,
apply to, approach,
approximate,
assent, assimilate to,
associate, assort
with, balance, be
consistent, be guided by, be in cahoots, be in contact, be like, be
of one, be redolent of, be uniform with, bear on, bear resemblance,
bear upon, belong to, bend,
break even, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, check, chime, chime in with, coact, coadunate, coequal, cohere, coincide, collaborate, collimate, collineate, collude, combine, come close, come near,
come to, come up to, communicate, communicate
with, compare with, complement, comply, comply with, compose, concern, concur, conform, conform with, conjoin, connect, connive, consist with, consort, conspire, contact, cooperate, copy, correct, correspond to,
correspond with, counterfeit, deal with,
discipline, ditto, dovetail, draw, drop a line, equal, equate, equidistance, establish
connection, even, even off,
evoke, exchange letters,
fall in together, fall in with, favor, fit, fit together, follow, gear to, gee, get to, go, go by, go together, go with, hang
together, happen together, harmonize, have connection
with, hit, hold together,
imitate, interest, interlock, interrogate, intersect, involve, jibe, join, keep pace with, knot, liaise with, line up, link
with, lock, look like,
maintain connection, make advances, make conform, make contact
with, make overtures, make up to, match, match up with, measure up
to, meet, mimic, mirror, mold, near, nearly reproduce, not tell
apart, observe, overlap, parallel, parallelize, partake of,
pertain to, place parallel to, question, raise, reach, realign, reciprocate, reconcile, rectify, refer to, regard, register, register with, relate
to, remind one of, reply to, resemble, respect, respond to, rival, rub off corners, run
abreast, run to, savor of, seem like, send a note, settle, shape, simulate, sing in chorus, smack
of, sort with, sound like, square, square with, stack up
with, stand together, straighten, suggest, suit, synchronize, synergize, take after,
tally, tally with,
tie, tie in with, touch, touch upon, treat of,
unite, use the mails,
write, write to, yield